Quite so! I prefer the broader terms finger weaving or finger braiding. A looping system is like knitting, crochet, nalbinding perhaps? Peter Collingwood's The Makers Hand has excellent categories for a range of textile constructions.
On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 12:51 PM, Alex Stillwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Arachnids > > From very early times narrow braids were used as thongs to hold leather > clothing together and also as shoe laces which is much the same use.. > Making > them using only thread and fingers would be very useful if a quick repair > was > needed. > -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
